Monday, 10 July 2023

10-07-23 Monday

Temp 16°C to 20°C - sun first thing then showers from lowering cloud getting thicker and ending with heavy rain. Light South East winds veering to South West by nightfall.

Ruff
Spotted Redshank

BRISTOL
10-07-23 Kestrel Clifton (Mike Owen)
Clifton Down - Observatory:
Kestrel
10-07-23 Blackcap St George (Lee Gardiner)
St George - garden:
1 Blackcap

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
46 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 58 Mallard, 38 Shelduck - inc 35 juv, 4 Oystercatcher - no juv, 1 Curlew, 200, Black-headed Gull - inc 6 juv, 1 Common Gull, 8 Swallow, 4 House Martin

Yate - Common:
1 Red Kite

NORTH SOMERSET

no reports

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
6 Spotted Flycatcher - 3pr, 

South Stoke
1 Red Kite

Chew Magna - Winford Brook
1 Great White Egret, 

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake:
169 Canada Geese, 31 Mute Swan - inc 11 juv, 2 Gadwall, 151 Mallard, 3 Pochard (1f+2m), 253 Tufted Duck, 9 Moorhen inc 5 juv,, 454 Coot - inc 84 juv  23 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 22 BH Gull, 1 GBB Gull, 17 Herring Gull, 3 LBB Gull, 6 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 9 Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby

Chew Valley Lake
10-02-23 Cygnet CVL (George Stacey)
Bittern Trail:
2 Mute Swan plus cygnet
10-07-23 Hobby CVL (Wayne Tucker)
Villice:
1 Hobby
10-07-23 Black-tailed Godwit CVL (Robert Hargreaves)
Heron's Green:
136 Canada Goose, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 11 Magpie, 6+ H Sparrow, 10+ Pied Wagtail

Moreton:
50+ Swift, 2 Grey Heron, 1 G-W Egret, 1 L Egret, 1 G-S Woodpecker, 1 Hobby, 100+ House Martin

Stratford:
5 G-W Egret, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f)
10-07-23 Ruff and Spotted Redshank CVL (Ian Stapp)
Herriott's inc Pool:
100+ Swift, 14 Lapwing, 34 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Ruff, 9 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Grey Heron, 2 G-W Egret, 1 L Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 350+ Sand Martin, a few Swallow/House Martin

Reported by: John Barnett, Peter Coslett, Andy Davis, Lee Gardiner, Robert Hargreaves, Simon Harris, Andy Middleton, Mike Owen, George Stacey, Ian Stapp, Bri Thompson, Wayne Tucker
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